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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1989
Filed:
May. 14, 1986
James W Pryor, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Mark L Raker, Clemmons, NC (US);
Andrew J Sensabaugh, Jr, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Henry A Hauser, Hamptonville, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Rods are manufactured by shredding strips of sheet-like reconstituted tobacco material into a plurality of strands of about 1/32 inch width. The strands are gathered into a rod-like shape and circumscribed by paper wrap in order to provide a continuous rod. The continuous rod is severed at regular intervals to provide a plurality of rods of the desired length. The resulting rods have a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending strands provided from shredded sheet-like material. The rods are useful as cigarette rods or in the manufacture of cigarette filter elements.